#Northern Suburbs

Australia international Dave Dennis will captain the New South Wales Waratahs against the British and Irish Lions tomorrow after the back rower was released from Wallabies duty for the match. No.8 Dennis will join centre Rob Horne in the side after Robbie Deans agreed both could leave the Australian camp to feature against the Lions. In total, four…

While the Wallabies were squaring off with Italy, stacks of Super Rugby stars returned to Shute Shield in preparation for the run home. Here's who caught our eye around the nation. Reigning premiers Northern Suburbs were the side bristling with Super Rugby talent but they couldn't keep the Manly Marlins at bay in the Round 12 Shute SHIELD match of…

It's tough for Australian rugby at the moment. You wouldn't have known it at North Sydney Oval on Saturday afternoon. Close to 16000 fans - more than watched the Wallabies see out Fiji a few months back - were in attendance as the Warringah Rats beat Northern Suburbs in the 2017 Shute Shield final. Though for supporters, friends and families…

As we draw near to the end of another year of international rugby, we are faced again with the question, who is the best player in the world? Rugby fans get into discussions like these armed with the stats but never seem to settle on the same answer. As we shift our focus to the ever-so-close France 2023 Rugby World Cup, we seek to find the top…

Perhaps the unsung hero of Nick Blankenburg's story is Liz Badder. Shortly after the Blue Jackets defenseman completed his high school career, he was still without an avenue to keep playing high-level hockey. An undersized forward who nonetheless filled up the net for a state championship team at Romeo High School outside of Detroit, Blankenburg…